Miguel Lorenzo Uy (born 1993) lives and works in the Philippines.
As society continues to rapidly evolve, his artistic practice follows the phenomena that go with it as well, currently exploring the role and paradoxes of technology, media, and globalization within the struggles of individuality, identity, and independence. The themes found in his work stem from the society in which he lives in, forming questions that address immediate concerns with regard to (religious) beliefs and conventions, (media) consumption and production, and the volatile possibilities in the future that have yet to unfold.
His works shift between different mediums: from painting to photography, sculpture to video, and digital to installation. His 2021 solo exhibition ‘I Am That I Am’ was shortlisted in the 2021 Ateneo Art Awards Fernando Zobel Prize for Visual Art.
email: uymiguellorenzo@gmail.com
instagram: @miguellorenzouy
Selected Exhibitions
Group Exhibitions
Braille for the Seeing
Cultural Center of the Philippines
November 2023
Maria Islands
Curated by Stephanie Frondoso
Modeka Art, PH
September 2023
In the Shadows of This New World
Curated by James Tana
Club Kino, PH
September 2023
Mouth words, muster murmurs
Curated by Eya Beldia
Finale Art File, PH
September 2023
Drawings/Sketches
Curated by Jason Montinola
Faculty Projects, PH
June 2023
Sometimes We Walk Sideways
Vantage Contemporary, PH
June 2023
Live Take Feed Console Play
Curated by Cocoy Lumbao, Jr.
MO_Space, PH
June 2023
Solo exhibition
I
March 2022
MO_Space
Taguig City, Philippines
Group Exhibitions
A Past, A Future
November 2022
Finale Art File
Makati City, Philippines
an aging double
(curated by Gary-Ross Pastrana)
May 2022
MO_Space
Taguig City, Philippines
Solo Exhibitions
Out-of-body simulations
September 2021
Finale Art File
Makati City, Philippines
I Am That I Am
February 2021
Underground Gallery
Makati City, Philippines
Group Exhibitions
I’m Finding It Hard To Believe curated by Gary-Ross Pastrana
November 2020
Modeka Creative Space
Philippines
Disruption of Frequencies
August 8, 2020
Online show
District Gallery, Philippines
in single cells
August 20, 2020
1335Mabini
Philippines
Liminal Spaces
August 8, 2020
MO_Space
Philippines
Screen Time
Sampaguita Projects
Online show
April 13, 2020
Art Fair Philippines 2020
under District Gallery
The Link, Ayala Center, Makati
Philippines
Solo Exhibition
Wind, and water
15 September – 5 October 2019
District Gallery, Philippines
Group Exhibitions
seawall by Poklong Anading
31 August – 5 November 2019
Cultural Center of the Philippines
All is Flux
17 August – 9 September 2019
Altro Mondo Creative Space, Philippines
Solo Exhibition
Adding Negatives
15 December 2018 – 12 January 2019
Art Underground Manila, Philippines
Group Exhibitions
Fallible Axioms (Curated by Victor Balanon)
4 December 2018
Mono8 Gallery, Philippines
Abstract Reasoning
1 – 23 December 2018
District Gallery, Philippines
The Grey Area
29 August – 18 September 2018
Mono8 Gallery, Philippines
Midway
11 May – 12 June 2018
Mono8 Gallery, Philippines